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| Long-sought arrest in Toronto’s anti-Jewish shootings leaves unanswered questions |
| 2026-04-30 |
| [IsraelTimes] Suspect Mohamed Mahdi captured days after restaurant was riddled with bullets, but unclear whether wave of attacks is linked and whether more police surveillance can provide long-term security After a man riddled a Jewish-owned restaurant with bullets in uptown Toronto, police accomplished something earlier this month that they hadn’t done following previous attacks on Jewish sites: identify and charge a suspect. The 35-year-old suspect, Mohammed Mahdi, was arrested just a few days after the April 3 attack and charged with multiple gun-related offenses. His arrest provided the first, and to this point only, public piece of information that could chip away at the mystery that has roiled Toronto’s Jewish community: Who is shooting at these synagogues and Jewish businesses? And how do they keep getting away with it? In early March, three synagogues were targeted with gunfire in the span of a week, one with the rabbi still inside following a Purim event. A different location of the Jewish-owned Old Avenue Restaurant was hit as well, about a month before the latest shooting. Similar attacks took place in 2024, when a girls elementary school was hit with gunfire three times throughout the year. These attacks have been nearly identical in nature: A man approaches the building late at night with a mask or hood covering his face and fires bullets at the door or a window before driving or running off. The recent string of shootings came as Jewish institutions have been attacked around the world, with security groups urging heightened vigilance. It renewed the fears sparked by those 2024 shootings, and — until Mahdi’s arrest — frustrations over a lack of repercussions for the shooters. Related: Toronto: 2026-04-28 Targeting of synagogue, Judaica shop window ratchet up Toronto Jews’ concerns Toronto: 2026-04-22 Canadian terrorist who burst into military recruitment service and stabbed corporal is given permission to fly to MECCA and on to Somalia to meet arranged marriage bride Toronto: 2026-04-07 Terrorist killed, two others seriously injured in gun battle outside Istanbul's Israeli consulate |
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